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Petit catechisme ou sommaire des trois premieres parties de la doctrine chrestienne.

Breton, Raymond, 1609-1679 · 1664 · A Auxerre. : Par Gilles Bouquet, imprimeur ordinaire du roy. · 4 pictures

A 1664 French catechism printed at Auxerre by Gilles Bouquet, printer to the king, by the missionary Raymond Breton, 1609-1679, for instructing Catholic readers and, given its Carib-language subjects, Carib speakers in the Caribbean. Its pictures are small woodcut and printed ornaments: a dense strip of foliate border with fleurons, a crucifixion scene with a hilltop town, and a griffin-like crest over a 'Gaudeo' banner, offering designers compact border, heraldic, and devotional motifs.

Catholic Church · Carib language · Indian linguistics

Internet Archive · John Carter Brown Library · Public domain (published before 1931) · More from this library